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Definition or meaning of the English word Ptomaine
One of a class of animal bases or alkaloids formed in the putrefaction of various kinds of albuminous matter; and closely related to the vegetable alkaloids; a cadaveric poison. The ptomaines; as a class; have their origin in dead matter; by which they ar (n.).
